When it Comes to DEI, The Left Keeps Feeding the Trolls
Program
#RaceClass
Episode
25
Episode Length
00:26:03
Media Type
Podcast
Release Date
1-25-2024
Publisher
WNHN
Language
en-US
Abstract
Rightwing personalities are blaming DEI (“diversity, equity, inclusion”) for everything from broken Boeings and bankrupt banks to a flaccid military and train derailments. These are facially unserious claims. Yet they resonate with much of the public. One might say they enjoy a common-sense logic that pits diversity against excellence.
We explore two factors that feed rightwing DEI smears: (1) engrained racial narratives that rationalize inequality and (2) the Left--specifically, liberal institutions that also rationalize inequality—even when doing so undermines their own DEI policies. To concretize the latter dynamic, we highlight Harvard’s failure to acknowledge all the ways its admissions process functions as preferential treatment for white (often wealthy) applicants.
Recommended Citation
Jonathan Feingold & Arnie Arnesen,
When it Comes to DEI, The Left Keeps Feeding the Trolls
(2024).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/raceclass/65
